I am in the odd position of having dealt with some of these "addicts" whilst working at a local pharmacy and have heard a couple of well respected pharmacists state that what Maundy Grange is doing actually undermines the hard work and effort of parole boards, Add-action team and pharmacists alike in trying to get these individuals back on track. They would come and collect their heroin substitute, take it outside, sell it on and then go up to "see Dorothy and tell her I've no money for gas", get £30 and buy the real thing instead....
The woman is either mentally impaired, sadly deluded or very naive if she thinks she is genuinely helping these folk.
Either give them food vouchers for stores that can only be used on food or go with them to Morrisons. And get a paypoint machine to top up their gas/electric cards instead of handing over what is essentially drug money. Rant over.
